Regional Communications Manager at Living Goods

Reports to: Director of Communications

Location: Nairobi, Kenya or Kampala, Uganda

We seek a Regional Communications Manager to do for Living Goods what we do for families. Someone to tell our stories in writing and videos. To craft messages about community health that resonate with local governments and donors.

To raise awareness about community health and Living Goods at forums and other public events. To build our reputation as a stellar organization.

Your Charge

As our Regional Manager of Communications, we need you to amplify our message. Through words and multimedia images, you will tell our stories and move people to act.

• Develop strategy. You will work the country teams in Kenya and Uganda and the Community Health Strengthening Team to create a communications plan for the countries where we operate and where we soon might operate. Your plan will help community health strengthening team, and the country business development, advocacy and program teams. Under the leadership of the Director of Communications, you will also find new ways to describe Living Goods and publicize our work.
• Build the brand. We need you to expand the base of people in the region that know Living Goods. Through videos, blogs, and photographs, stories, statistics, policy briefs and presentations, you will build both awareness and good vibes for Living Goods.
• Generate media coverage. You will help grow coverage for both Living Goods and community health in targeted media outlets. Your efforts will include coverage in print, broadcast and digital media. In social media, you will increase our engagement on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. You will also develop key Living Goods allies among the media.
• Promote us. Through global health conferences and other events, you will help develop tools and materials to promote Living Goods. You will identify events in the region to showcase our work.
• A website full of wonder. You will create content for the Living Goods blog and website that celebrates our wins and reinforces our values of inclusion, effectiveness, business savvy, and innovation.

Your background

• Communication creds. You have 5+ years of experience in communications roles – ideally a combination of in-house and agency experience in growing organizations. You’ve worked in multiple disciplines, like web, content, social media, and public relations.
• Creating a solid plan. You have created communications strategies before that align strategic, operations and advocacy teams and provide a comprehensive path to achieving our goals that everyone can get on board with.
• Media savvy. You have a wide range of relationships with people in news outlets and business press. You know about current social media platforms and channels, including best practices for content creation.
• Write well and speak simply. You can distill a complex impact evaluation into key messages and a dense donor update into a readable report. You know how to hook people’s attention and tell a good story.
• Global experience. You have experience in a global organization, preferably global health or development. You have helped launch campaigns that generate media coverage.
• Get our model. Living Goods is a hybrid model. We’re a nonprofit organization with a business minded approach. We use business practices to achieve social goals. Candidates with for-profit and nonprofit experience preferred.
• Culturally adaptable. You are eager to work with people of different cultures and different sectors: the private sector, social entrepreneurial sector, nonprofit sector and public health community.
• Team player. You play well with others enjoy seeing the impact of our work as a team.
• You’re able to juggle multiple tasks at once while ‘keeping calm and carrying on.’ You think strategically, handle ambiguity and work well in a multicultural environment.